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EP1073570 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING BRAKING DISTANCE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2001/06]METHOD FOR REDUCING BRAKING DISTANCE
[2003/12]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.08.2004
Database last updated on 29.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.09.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 03.11.2004  [2004/45]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
Guerickestrasse 7
60488 Frankfurt am Main / DE
[N/P]
Former [2003/41]For all designated states
Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
Guerickestrasse 7
60488 Frankfurt am Main / DE
Former [2001/06]For all designated states
Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
Guerickestrasse 7
60488 Frankfurt am Main / DE
Inventor(s)01 / ECKERT, Alfred
Lion-Feuchtwanger Strasse 137
D-55129 Mainz / DE
02 / BERTHOLD, Thomas
Sieboldstrasse 16
D-64293 Darmstadt / DE
03 / TIELEMAN, Erwin
Kanalkade 10
NL-4571 CK Axel / NL
 [2001/06]
Application number, filing date99920607.107.04.1999
[2001/06]
WO1999EP02354
Priority number, dateDE199811732618.04.1998         Original published format: DE 19817326
[2001/06]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9954179
Date:28.10.1999
Language:DE
[1999/43]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1073570
Date:07.02.2001
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.10.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2001/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1073570
Date:08.10.2003
Language:DE
[2003/41]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP28.10.1999
ClassificationIPC:B60T8/32, B60T7/12, B60T13/72
[2001/06]
CPC:
B60T7/22 (EP,US); B60T7/12 (EP,US); B60T8/3275 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2001/06]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM VERKÜRZEN DES BREMSWEGES[2003/12]
English:METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING BRAKING DISTANCE[2003/12]
French:PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF POUR RACCOURCIR LA DISTANCE DE FREINAGE[2003/12]
Former [2001/06]VERFAHREN ZUM VERKÜRZEN DES BREMSWEGES
Former [2001/06]METHOD FOR REDUCING BRAKING DISTANCE
Former [2001/06]PROCEDE POUR RACCOURCIR LA DISTANCE DE FREINAGE
Entry into regional phase20.11.2000National basic fee paid 
20.11.2000Designation fee(s) paid 
20.11.2000Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure09.11.1999Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
20.11.2000Examination requested  [2001/06]
07.02.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.08.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.09.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
28.03.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.04.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.10.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.03.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.08.2003Fee for grant paid
07.08.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)09.07.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
02.05.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
02.05.2003Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGB08.10.2003
[2004/45]
Cited inInternational search[X]EP0616932  (LUCAS IND PLC [GB]) [X] 1-5,17,19,24 * column 4, line 44 - column 5, line 13; figure 1 * * column 6, line 18 - column 7, line 13; figure 3; claim . *;
 [X]JPH09142203  ;
 [YA]DE19503622  (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]) [Y] 1-5,17,20,24 * column 2, line 39 - column 3, line 10 * * column 4, line 63 - column 5, line 8; claims 1-4,10,11,13 * [A] 10,19;
 [YD]DE4028290  (DAIMLER-BENZ) [YD] 1-5,17,20,24 * column 3, line 52 - column 4, line 68; figure 2; claims 1,3,4 *;
 [Y]DE19526659  (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]) [Y] 1-6,10,17-19,24 * column 1, line 5 - line 61; claims 1-4,8,9,11 *;
 [Y]DE4418270  (TEVES GMBH ALFRED [DE]) [Y] 1-6,10,17-19,24 * column 2, line 48 - column 3, line 39; figures 1,2 * * column 1, line 31 - line 37 * * column 2, line 20 - line 30; claims 1,7-9,11 *;
 [A]DE4413172  (DAIMLER BENZ AG [DE]) [A] 1,4,5,24 * abstract * * column 2, line 7 - line 51 *;
 [A]DE19607048  (TEVES GMBH ALFRED [DE]) [A] 1,2,4,5,17,20,24 * column 1, line 3 - column 3, line 16 *;
 [A]DE19524939  (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]) [A] 1,4,5,10,24 * abstract *;
 [A]DE4310354  (MAZDA MOTOR [JP]) [A] 1,4,10,22,24 * abstract * * page 1, line 3 - line 23 * * page 5, line 43 - line 50 *
 [X]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19971031), vol. 097, no. 010, & JP09142203 A 19970603 (AISIN SEIKI CO LTD) [X] 23 * abstract *
ExaminationDE4208496
 EP0965507
by applicantDE8911963U
 DE4028290
 DE19548705
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